John S. Barbour, Jr.

John Strode Barbour, Jr. (December 29, 1820 - May 14, 1892) was a Representative and a Senator from Virginia.

Barbour was born at "Catalpa", near Culpeper, Virginia, the son of John S. Barbour. He attended the common schools and graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Culpeper.

Barbour served as a member of the State house of delegates from 1847 to 1851, and was president of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Co. from 1852 to 1881. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh, and the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1887). There he served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1886.

Barbour was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1889, until his death in 1892 in Washington, D.C.. He was interred in the burial ground at "Poplar Hill," Prince George's County, Maryland.

Preceded by Eppa Hunton	U.S. Representative from Virginia, 8th District 1881–1887	Succeeded by William H. F. Lee
Preceded by Harrison H. Riddleberger	United States Senator (Class 2) from Virginia 1889–1892 Served alongside: John W. Daniel	Succeeded by Eppa Hunton

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This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Memorial Services for John S. Barbour, Jr. 52nd Cong., 2nd sess., 1892-1893. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1893
Quinn, James Thomas. ”Senator John S. Barbour, Jr. and the Restoration of Virginia Democracy, 1883-1892.” Master’s thesis, University of Virginia, 1966.